Jack Sock is generally considered the #1 American recruit, but he's undecided on if he'll play in college. I think if any incoming player is going to shoot to the top of the rankings, it'll be him. Giron has an impressive resume, it'll be interesting to see how he fares. Don't be deluded by some of the stuff you hear on other message boards, college tennis is a step up from juniors, not a step sideways.

Vinsant and Fratangelo are classified as juniors. They've got another year before making the college decision.

yes you guys know it.. I think Sock will try college tennis for a year then go pro if he dominates ,which I think he will not.. too many upperclassmen to deal with.. none will roll over and play dead..

Sock will be a Longhorn if he plays college tennis. Join him with Vinsant and watch out country

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Sock's last quote on the matter was he was considering Texas, Nebraska (where his brother plays) and Virginia. My guess is there will be announcement about whether he's going to play in college late in the Fall semester. He has stated he'll only play one spring semester, but as we found, sometimes the hot shot juniors find the sledding a little tough in college and hang around longer.

yeah Britton made a bad decision. He kinda had a fluke run to win the NCAA's that year. He was not a top player throughout the year, he played at #2 or 3 for Ole Miss and didn't win every match and was ofetn pushed to 3 sets. He also lost to some not so great players like TCU's #2 player.

Britton apparently had a lot of money thrown his way to go pro. The USTA's rule of thumb is if someone is willing to put $250,000 in an account in your name only - go pro. If not, go to school. Hopefully, Britton did well enough for himself. Sometimes the deal is too good to pass up.

agreed.. gonzales austin should be added to the list.. look out for vanderbilty and south carolina for taking huge strides in the rankings..

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I didn't miss G.Austin ,same as Nick Chappell .. they play that grinding game and they're too husky to be like Nadal .. I can't see them really dominating as freshman .. but then again,I could be wrong.. I always love lefties ..

Not enough international experience at this point honestly, although it is a semi-weak argument. I've seen him play a few times, and he doesn't really seem like he has the game to hit the next few levels, but I've been proven wrong many times before, so maybe I am again.

Not enough international experience at this point honestly, although it is a semi-weak argument. I've seen him play a few times, and he doesn't really seem like he has the game to hit the next few levels, but I've been proven wrong many times before, so maybe I am again.

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I heard he has 120 + mph serves as his routine serve. that means he can hit 130mph if he continue to improve. That in itself can carry you a long way in college tennis.

I heard he has 120 + mph serves as his routine serve. that means he can hit 130mph if he continue to improve. That in itself can carry you a long way in college tennis.

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He CAN hit that big, but he doesn't regularly (heck, I can hit that big, although you're entitled to believe me or not) from the matches I saw. Besides, there are many players in DI tennis that can also hit 120+ mph serves pretty regularly (your lover Klahn being one of them).

He CAN hit that big, but he doesn't regularly (heck, I can hit that big, although you're entitled to believe me or not) from the matches I saw. Besides, there are many players in DI tennis that can also hit 120+ mph serves pretty regularly (your lover Klahn being one of them).

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Yep. It's all about placement,variety and consistency on the serve. This is a big difference in college and pro. College players do not get enough free points on their serve because they are not as good at placement, mixing it around the box and disguising it

Yep. It's all about placement,variety and consistency on the serve. This is a big difference in college and pro. College players do not get enough free points on their serve because they are not as good at placement, mixing it around the box and disguising it

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I would say that disguise is the bigger issue than variety out of those two. That's why I think Steve Johnson's serve is better than Klahn (amongst other comparisons), since he uses arguably the same ball-toss on most-all of his serves.

With Ellen Tsay coming in, Stanford will once again be the top ranked team for 2012 and will be favored to win it all. With Barte and Mcveigh leaving, hopefully other girls will step up and fill the void as well.

with the emergence of dawgie dawg and fedace's continued insanity, this marks mikej's final post under the college tennis section of talk TW

to almost everyone on this forum -
thanks for all the discussions, this has been a fun place to keep up with college tennis - i'll be sure to still drop in to read stuff from time to time and find out what's going on in the college game, and to laugh at the ridiculous arguments that i can think of no other way to rid myself of than to make this retirement announcement (and thus look like an idiot if i come back and post) - yes, i have very little self-control in the realm of internet arguing

and specifically to the uva fans -
i hope someday really soon your guys get that NCAA gorilla off their back - the moment will be that much sweeter when it finally comes now that it's abundantly clear how tough it is to win one (also i'm incredibly envious that you guys have your own forum to discuss college tennis without all the craziness of this one - i'd switch to posting over there if it weren't so UVA-centric)